Soil contamination by organic and inorganic pollutants at the regional scale: The case of piedmont, Italy

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 290-300

  Fabietti, Gabriele ^a,b   Biasioli, Mattia ^a   Barberis, Renzo ^b   Ajmone Marsan, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffuse pollution; Heavy metals; PAHs; PCBs; PCDD DFs; Soil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CULTIVATION; DATA SET; DIFFUSION; DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GEOACCUMULATION; GIS; HEAVY METAL; LAND USE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PAH; PCB; PCDD; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REMEDIATION; RURAL AREA; SOFTWARE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOPSOIL; URBAN AREA;

ITALY;

EID: 77953704091     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-009-0114-9     Document Type: Article

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